Fashion: Retro in the metro

The Minnesota History Center's annual RetroRama was a playground for lovers of vintage style.

August 17, 2012 at 9:11PM
Clockwise from top - Lyudmyla Petrenko, Elizabeth Wahl-Gorowsky, Sheena Dean, Clara Linehan
Clockwise from top - Lyudmyla Petrenko, Elizabeth Wahl-Gorowsky, Sheena Dean, Clara Linehan (Margaret Andrews/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Lyudmyla Petrenko

24, program director

What are you wearing? Vintage-inspired 1950s beachwear: Worthington shoes, Alyn Paige romper, vintage necklace, hat from T.J. Maxx.

Describe your style: My daily style is formal and elegant.

What decade do you relate to most? The 1940 and '50s, when clothes became simpler and less formal than before the war.

What modern pieces work well with vintage? Oversized hats, bright jewelry and large sunglasses.

Elizabeth Wahl-Gorowsky

49, mom, wardrobe stylist

What are you wearing? Vintage Kappi pleated palazzo jumpsuit from Decades in L.A., Giovannio hat and pin from Nordstrom, bracelet from Via's, Kenzie shoes from Macy's.

Describe your style: Vintage meets classic and contemporary.

What decade do you relate to most? 1930s and '40s Hollywood sirens.

Favorite vintage stores: Decades, American Rag, Via's, Minneapolis thrift stores.

Sheena Dean

23, bookseller and actor

What are you wearing? 1940s suit from Blacklist Vintage, purse and shoes from Payless. The scarf is my husband's old curtain.

Describe your style: Vintage and punk-inspired casual.

What modern pieces work well with vintage? I enjoy pairing T-shirts with pencil skirts.

What are your favorite vintage stores? Blacklist Vintage, B-Squad, Up Six and Everyday People.

Clara Linehan

17, high school student

What are you wearing? 1940s silk dress from Unique Thrift Store, choker and bracelet from my grandma's jewelry box, and pumps from My Sister's Closet.

Describe your style: I combine my love of old films, the clothing I steal from my rockabilly parents' closets and obsessive thrift-store scouring to create unique silhouettes that stand out in (and sometimes freak out) my small-town high school.

What modern pieces work well with vintage? A shiny new pair of cowboy boots.

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